Stabilise Services,  Strengthen Staffing: Manifesto 2027

RCPsych in Northern Ireland’s Manifesto 2027 calls for urgent action to address severe mental health workforce shortages by expanding psychiatry training places, improving retention, and investing in services. It highlights long waiting lists, high psychiatrist vacancy rates, and rising demand for mental healthcare.

It also urges greater mental health funding to achieve parity with the rest of the UK and recommends public health measures such as minimum unit pricing for alcohol to reduce health inequalities and prevent mental ill-health and addiction.